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Tuesday, March 12

Power Committee – 8:30am – Small conference room

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Fish and Wildlife Committee – 8am – Large conference room

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Fish and Wildlife Committee Fish and Wildlife Program amendment work session – 8am

Fish and Wildlife Committee – 11am

  • Project Review: Step 2 review of Klickitat River Spring Chinook Master Plan (YKFP-Klickitat Design and Construction, Project #1988-115-35 (MF) (30)
  • Briefing from Northwest Fisheries Enhancement; Growing to impact Efficiencies and Effectiveness in Hatchery Operations - a unique new fisheries enhancement group: Larry Pryor, NW Fisheries Enhancement (MF) (30)

Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Large and Small conference rooms

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 1:30 – 1:45pmReports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Guy Norman, chair, fish and wildlife committee; and Tim Baker, chair, power committee
11:45 – 2:45pmBriefing on Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead returns for 2018 and run forecast for 2019: Dan Rawding (WDFW); Art Martin (ODFW); Lance Hebdon (IDFG); and Brian Burke (NOAA)
22:45 – 3:15pmPresentation by Roger Gray, CEO, PNGC Power
 3:15 – 3:30pmBreak
33:30 – 4:00pmPresentation by Nicole Hughes, Executive Director, Renewable Northwest
44:00 – 4:30pmBriefing on PGE’s Wheatridge Renewable Facility: Brendan McCarthy, Geoff Moore and Brian Faist, PGE
  Public comment on any issue before the Council

Wednesday, March 13

The Executive Committee will meet at 8:30am in the Large and Small conference rooms.
The Public Affairs Committee will meet at 8:30am in the Public Affairs conference room.

Continuation of Council Meeting – 9:30am – Large and Small conference rooms

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59:30 - 10:00amRemarks by Scott Armentrout, Vice President of Environment, Fish and Wildlife, Bonneville Power Administration
610:00 – 10:30amBriefing on the Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process: Patty O’Toole and Fish and Wildlife division staff
 10:30 – 10:45amBreak
710:45amCouncil Business
  Public comment on any issue before the Council.

The Fish and Wildlife Committee will meet with staff in closed session on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 13 in the Council’s Central Office for the purpose of a planning retreat to discuss the Council’s progress on the Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process.